Measuring vessel length in vascular plants: can we divine the truth? History, theory, methods, and contrasting models

[1] Andre JP(1998)A study of the vascular organization of bamboos (Poaceae-Bambuseae) using a microcasting method IAWA J 19 265-278

[2] Bailey IW(1918)Size variation in tracheary cells: 1. A comparison between the secondary xylems of vascular cryptogams, gymnosperms, and angiosperms Am Acad Arts Sci Proc 54 149-204

[3] Tupper WW(2011)Automated analysis of three-dimensional xylem networks using high-resolution computed tomography New Phytol 191 1168-1179

[4] Brodersen CR(2010)The impact of vessel size on vulnerability curves: data and models for within-species variability in saplings of aspen, Plant Cell Environ 33 1059-1069

[5] Lee EF(2010) Michx Plant Cell Environ 33 1234-1238

[6] Choat B(2014)A computational algorithm addressing how vessel length might depend on vessel diameter Plant Cell Environ 37 35-44

[7] Cai J(1992)Recalcitrant vulnerability curves: methods of analysis and the concept of fibre bridges for enhanced cavitation resistance Plant Physiol 100 205-209

[8] Tyree MT(2003)Use of positive pressures to establish vulnerability curves further support for the air-seeding hypothesis and implications for pressure-volume analysis J Exp Bot 54 1889-1897

[9] Cai J(2000)Air method measurements of apple vessel length distributions with improved apparatus and theory New Phytol 148 195-218

[10] Zhang S(1989)Theoretical considerations of optimal conduit length for water transport in vascular plants Am J Bot 76 645-656

[1] Andre JP(1998)A study of the vascular organization of bamboos (Poaceae-Bambuseae) using a microcasting method IAWA J 19 265-278

[2] Bailey IW(1918)Size variation in tracheary cells: 1. A comparison between the secondary xylems of vascular cryptogams, gymnosperms, and angiosperms Am Acad Arts Sci Proc 54 149-204

[3] Tupper WW(2011)Automated analysis of three-dimensional xylem networks using high-resolution computed tomography New Phytol 191 1168-1179

[4] Brodersen CR(2010)The impact of vessel size on vulnerability curves: data and models for within-species variability in saplings of aspen, Plant Cell Environ 33 1059-1069

[5] Lee EF(2010) Michx Plant Cell Environ 33 1234-1238

[6] Choat B(2014)A computational algorithm addressing how vessel length might depend on vessel diameter Plant Cell Environ 37 35-44

[7] Cai J(1992)Recalcitrant vulnerability curves: methods of analysis and the concept of fibre bridges for enhanced cavitation resistance Plant Physiol 100 205-209

[8] Tyree MT(2003)Use of positive pressures to establish vulnerability curves further support for the air-seeding hypothesis and implications for pressure-volume analysis J Exp Bot 54 1889-1897

[9] Cai J(2000)Air method measurements of apple vessel length distributions with improved apparatus and theory New Phytol 148 195-218

[10] Zhang S(1989)Theoretical considerations of optimal conduit length for water transport in vascular plants Am J Bot 76 645-656